Antiklos
Antiklos ( Greek Ἄντικλος ) is a figure in Greek mythology .
According to some sources, Antiklos was the husband of Laodameia and in the final phase of the Trojan War belonged to those Greeks led by Odysseus who climbed into the wooden horse built to surprise Troy . Helena and her husband Deiphobos inspected the horse and circled it several times. To uncover a possible trap, she perfectly imitated the voices of the wives of some of the Greek heroes hidden in the horse, who struggled to remain silent. Antiklos could not keep his silence, but Odysseus closed his mouth in time and, according to Tryphiodorus, even suffocated him in the process . In any case, by intervening, Odysseus saved his companions from discovery. Aristarchus rejected the traditional mention of Antiklos in the Odyssey ; his name is taken from the epic cycle .
literature
- Richard Wagner : Antiklos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2426.
Remarks
- ↑ Homer , Odyssey 4, 271-289; Library of Apollodorus , Epitome 5, 19; Quintus of Smyrna , Posthomerica 12, 317; Tryphiodoros, Iliu halosis 454-483; among others
- ↑ Scholion to Homer, Odyssey 284.